Download or read book Innumeracy written by John Allen Paulos and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do even well-educated people often understand so little about maths - or take a perverse pride in not being a 'numbers person'? In his now-classic book Innumeracy, John Allen Paulos answers questions such as: Why is following the stock market exactly like flipping a coin? How big is a trillion? How fast does human hair grow in mph? Can you calculate the chances that a party includes two people who have the same birthday? Paulos shows us that by arming yourself with some simple maths, you don't have to let numbers get the better of you.